Sign Language · East Africa

Ugandan Sign Language

Not endangered

Ugandan Sign Language is documented so far only to the level of long grammar.

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FamilySign Language
StatusNot endangered
DocumentationLong grammar
ISO 639-3ugn
Glottocodeugan1238

Spoken in Uganda

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Closest relatives

Languages sharing the deepest branch of Sign Language's family tree with Ugandan Sign Language.

  1. American Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Long grammar

  2. Burkina Faso Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  3. Chadian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  4. Ethiopian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Grammar sketch

  5. Gambian Sign Language

    Phonology, text or dictionary

  6. Ghanaian Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

  7. Guinean Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Wordlist or less

  8. Moroccan Sign Language

    Not endangered
    Phonology, text or dictionary

Reference data for Ugandan Sign Language from Glottolog 5.2.1, licensed CC-BY-4.0. Hammarström, Harald & Forkel, Robert & Haspelmath, Martin & Bank, Sebastian. 2025. Glottolog 5.2.1. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. (Available online at https://glottolog.org)